Pilosella aurantiaca (fox-and-cubs, orange hawkweed, devil's paintbrush, and historically grim-the-collier) is a perennial flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to mountainous regions of Europe and has been widely introduced elsewhere, where it is invasive in parts of North America, New Zealand, and Australia.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Orange hawkweed being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Pilosella
- Species
- Pilosella aurantiaca
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